About Soban
Soban Amir is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom. He brings five years of practice to sessions and works with people struggling with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression. He also helps with relationship and intimacy concerns, career pressures and addictions.
Soban is a BACP practitioner and uses a person-focused approach in his work. Soban aims to make the room calm and straightforward. He invites people to talk at their own pace and focuses on what matters most right now.
How Soban works
Conversations are practical and grounded, and he uses everyday language rather than technical terms. Clinically he draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Client-Centred ideas to shape sessions. That means helping people notice thoughts and feelings, try small changes, and build clearer ways of responding to problems.
He also uses solution-focused tools to set short-term goals and track progress. Soban pays attention to how family background, attachment and past losses affect current relationships and identity. He supports people dealing with codependency, abandonment or blended family difficulties, and those facing communication or commitment issues.
He also offers help with body image, caregiver stress and resolving past hurts. Sessions are offered in English, Hindi and Urdu, and he accepts international clients. The tone of his practice is respectful and anti-discriminatory, with an emphasis on listening, clarity and practical steps forward.
Soban lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Soban works with
The areas below are the ones Soban selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English, Hindi, Urdu |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that suit online counselling
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy encourages noticing thoughts and values, then taking small committed steps towards what matters. It can help when anxiety, avoidance or low mood get in the way of living the life you want. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and uses practical experiments to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for stress, anxiety and low mood and for building new coping skills.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your goals, preferences and day-to-day challenges and will try methods that fit your needs. Together you can adjust the focus as you go, combining techniques to find what works best for you.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls let you talk face to face when you want a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat or messaging supports brief check-ins, quick problem-solving and ongoing contact between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, family or study commitments and to keep progressing even when life is busy.
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